ARCH 321 - Southern German Baroque


The class schedule below is valid for both face-to-face (traditional) and online (class website) sessions.

  • If not otherwise marked (*), classes will be occurring face-to-face.

  • Tasks marked (**) need to be completed using the class website. Please go to the DISCUSSIONS page for more information on each task (due dates, format, requirements, etc.).

  • See the Assignments page for specific reading assignments about a week prior to each class session.


Syllabus & Schedule


CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)


January 21 Introduction – Baroque (Task 1)

23 Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo – general

26, 28* The Holy Roman Empire – Southern German Baroque in general (Assignment 1 due)

30, 2 Il Gesu: Jesuits and their projects in Southern Germany

February 4, 6 Churches in the Holy Roman Empire (**Task 2)

9*, 11, 13 The Asam Brothers

Reading: various (please see Assignments page)

Optional:

Feb 11 Dr. .... .... lecture on the Wieskirche – Assignment 2 due

16, 18 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

20 Silesian Baroque - in general

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

February 23 Late Southern German Baroque

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

March 4 Assignment 2 due - class website presentations

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

March 6 Exam 1


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9 Virtual excursion: the Spanish Netherlands - class website video clips and responses

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

10, 13 Balthasar Neumann:

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

16-20 Spring Break!

March 23, 25

27 ..... Baroque -

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

March 30 Assignment 3 Due

April 1 Baroque in Northern Germany

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

April 3 Baroque Architecture in the French Comte and Lorraine

6 German influence and “Baroque Revival”

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

8 Dr. ....'s Lecture: .....

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:


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10 Field Trip to ... leaving 7:00am

April 13 Baroque in ...

15, 17, 20 Baroque city planning in Vienna, Munich, Dresden

22 Group Presentations

24 Baroque ...

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

27 ..., architect and sculptor

Reading: various (please Assignments for specific reading assignments about a week prior to the class session)

Optional:

April 29, 1 Class Discussion

May 5 Review

May 12 Final Exam, as scheduled by Registrar: Tuesday, 8:00-10:00am


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